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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
3
Naval experts note the Audacious sinking underlines limits of armor and torpedo defenses. Most argue four inches of bottom armor would require sacrificing guns, speed, or coal. yet future ships may include partial bottom protection while preserving offensive power.
The Washington Star describes the presidential Thanksgiving turkey, weighing about 28 pounds, arriving before the feast and prepared in a spotless kitchen with a 12 foot range. It notes the White House staff of sixteen, antique and royal china sets used by presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt, and rare silver marked The President's House.
Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the Society For Psychical Research, asserts that communication with the dead is real and possible on scientific grounds. He claims conversations with departed friends prove survival after death and that the cosmos hosts intelligences guiding the living. He cites past experiences, experiments, and forthcoming publications as proof.
Polly Pinkham, sick with measles, writes to the governor asking for another Thanksgiving. Her letter reaches Gov Andrew Colburn, who grants a special Thanksgiving day for Polly. The village celebrates as Polly recovers, gaining a memorable feast and family joy.
H E Coles of the California state highway commission learned hornets can be unafraid after a man feeds them. A hornet returned with a mate, then a swarm followed, driving him to flee and abandon his lunch.
Harry Hilkirk a night worker from Sharon Iowa could not sleep after an eye injury from an explosion. Surgeons fashioned a new eyelid from tissue taken from his right leg and the procedure was successful.
The bodies of Paul Brister son of Auburn mayor C W Braver and Julian Candee son of Cayuga Justice Candee were found in Cayuga Lake. They had been missing since last week after duck hunting when their boat capsized on Sunday morning.
The canned lobster industry in Newfoundland and Canada suffers as the European war cuts off Germany, the main market. A case of forty eight tins fell from 24 to eight or ten dollars, with merchants likening canned lobsters to a vital drug in Canada and Newfoundland. Industry returns normally total about 3 million in Canada and 500 thousand in Newfoundland. Some parties advocate enforcing a close season for lobsters next year to aid depleted fisheries.
Greenville California farmers launch a skunk ranch as a profitable new industry. Will Stevens rents a ranch, raises young skunks in pens, and expands to larger pens as demand grows. Skins fetch 3 to 6 dollars, oil sold to druggists, and the animals tolerate human company.
In Kellogg Iowa the Ladies Aid of the Christian church husked an acre of corn offered by Jasper county farmer Charles Miller. In two hours they gathered forty eight bushels and earned money for the society. Four local citizens paid per bushel and the total proceeds reached seventy four dollars and four cents for the treasury.
The Warren Mail promotes itself as a headquarters for printing services and invites readers to call to obtain current prices and options.
T J Foley and handlers of Railroad Freight move heavy loads for a week and tune pianos and household goods. Orders may be left with A A Dave & Co. Telephone connections via New York and Philadelphia company. Warren Tel Company numbers 2 and 8.
President E R Kinsey of the board of public service opened the new 367000 dollar 12th street viaduct in St Louis and broke a 10 cent bottle over a girder at the half way mark. He had bought the bottle on his way to the ceremony.
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